Argentina

by Jack Marchal

Did you know Argentina produced lots of superb electric stringed instruments in the 60’s? Honestly, we didn’t.

Argentina suffered in the end of the 20th century a string of political and economic problems before recently recovering, but it was until the 70’s one of the world’s most advanced nations, with a cultural creativity that had nothing to envy to Europe. Given its geographic isolation, the country could develop a guitar industry all of its own.

These are the most European guitars ever made outside of Europe. They look like coming from a parallel but similar universe. Besides economy models there are highly elaborate artefacts, extremely well made in every detail. Some of them have shellfish-shaped peg buttons that are among the coolest things ever seen on an electric instrument. Who wouldn’t want a guitar like that to grace his collection?

Those from the early 60’s plastic generation look like cross-breedings between Eko and Meazzi. Those guitars have definitely Italic blood in their veins (like virtually everybody in the country), they are at the right place on this site. They are the next hot thing on the vintage market!